Upcoming Changes to Google Classroom
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- Category: Alerts
- Published on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 10:28 AM
- Written by Adrian Cepero
Good Morning,
In preparation for the upcoming school year the Google Classroom team has announced a new Classwork and People page for students and teachers, as well as updates to the Classroom Stream.
The new Classwork page lets you better organize assignments and questions and improves planning. You can group work into units or modules, and reorder work to match your class sequence. This helps simplify the class stream so it can be used as more of a conversational hub. You will be able to sign up for early access to the new features.
Actions to take
If you're interested in taking advantage of these upcoming changes early, you should consider signing up for early access to the new Classwork, People and Settings beta. General Access to the new Classwork page will be available from August 2018.
Once available, you will also be able to opt-out of using the new Classwork page; this opt-out setting will be available for a limited period of time.
In addition to the Classwork page, the Classroom team has announced the following features also to come this Fall:
- People Page: We’re consolidating information to help educators and students get to what they need quickly. All information about class members - students, co-teachers, guardians - now appear in the new People page.
- Settings Page: On this page, educators can control all the settings for their classes, from updating basic class information, to controlling how students post in the stream, to resetting the class code.
- Stream Updates: With the addition of the Classwork page, the Stream’s purpose can shift to that of a conversational hub where educators can notify their students about upcoming deadlines, post announcements and more.
- Quiz integration: We’re making it easier to create formative assessments directly from Classroom. Teachers will be able to create a Google Forms Quiz from Classroom, and even lock the quiz for more secure and distraction-free testing on Chromebooks.
Enjoy your summer!
Quicklinks Changes
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- Category: Alerts
- Published on Thursday, April 12, 2018 12:35 PM
- Written by Adrian Cepero
We have made a couple of changes to the quicklinks on the left-hand column of this page and wanted to highlight them here.
- The Edulastic/Clever link has been added. This link will automatically sign you into Edulastic through Clever. All teachers in the District have premium accounts for Edulastic and your classes/courses are all being pulled in nightly through Clever.
- We have updated the HMH Central icon to reflect the new logo/name and removed the old SAM and Scholastic icons. Both educators and students use the same link to login now.
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New SchoolDude IT/Helpdesk System
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- Category: Alerts
- Published on Thursday, April 12, 2018 12:27 PM
- Written by Adrian Cepero
UPDATE:
You should have received a welcome email from SchoolDude with the subject line "Welcome to TechnologyEssential" asking you to set a password for your new account.
This is a legitimate email that was generated when our users were imported into the new help desk platform. The new help desk system, which replaces IT Request, features a host of upgrades on the front-end as well as on the back-end that will streamline support and ticket management allowing us to provide you with the best, most efficient support possible.
We will officially make the switch to the new platform at 3pm tomorrow, Friday, April 13th. After 3pm, you will be automatically redirected to the new platform to submit any support requests. Therefore, please set a password using the email you received yesterday at your earliest convenience in order to begin submitting IT requests using the new platform.
District Website and Teacher Pages Migration
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- Category: Announcements
- Published on Thursday, December 07, 2017 4:10 PM
- Written by Adrian Cepero
Two quick clarifications regarding the Website transition:
- The current Blackboard SchoolWorld platform was discontinued as of earlier this year and was scheduled be shut down December 31, 2017. Therefore, this is not an optional move but a required, albeit much-needed, one to ensure the District's website meets newer Web 3.0 standards for functionality and accessibility (especially via mobile devices).
- Teacher Pages will mostly be transitioned intact, including password protection (for any pages that have it), with some minor exceptions due to compatibility issues:
- Forms Page
- Classes/Members of Class (not Google Classroom)
- Password Protected pages will be restricted to Teacher view only. Password protection works slightly different in Web Community Manager. Contact me once the transition occurs if you need help with password protecting a page.
- Lesson Plans
- Podcasts
- Puzzles and Word Search
- Quiz
- Poll
Here is a 20 minute guide on how to edit your new WCM Teacher Page:
Additional guides/resources:
https://cerc.blackboard.com/Page/687
Updates
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- Category: Announcements
- Published on Friday, October 13, 2017 9:56 AM
- Written by Adrian Cepero
Newsela is now available for all teachers in the District that would like to use it in their class. Content available ranges from grade 2-12. In order to access your account/classes you must use the Clever portal link (not the Google authentication). The link is also available under quicklinks on the left side of this page. Your classes are automatically imported from Clever nightly.
The District discontinued its subscription with TypingPal due to platform issues. We have transitioned to Typing.com, a free service, that integrates with Clever. You will need to use the Clever portal link (also available on the left side of this page under Quick Links). Your classes and students are automatically imported.
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